Mission & History
EST. 1971
HISTORY
Since 1971, King Street Center has provided a safe and enriching space for youth during critical afterschool hours. Today, we serve more than 150 youth ages 18 months to 18 years old daily through our 5-STAR Head Start Early Childhood Education, K-5, Teen, and Mentoring programs. Every day, children and youth can find engaging activities, recreation, education support, meals, positive adult relationships, and more at 87 King Street.
Many of the families we serve have experienced great hardship – from growing up in generational poverty to being forced to leave their home country – and are deeply committed to ensuring their children have more opportunities and success than their parents were able to have. We are passionate about being a partner to them and empowering youth to explore their talents and find their voice through learning, play, and opportunity. Especially important to us, is that we do this work through an equity lens and that our work is not only focused on youth, but incorporates their vision and voice into our programming.